Truss Designs, Materials, and Fabrication

摘要

A truss is disclosed in which rigid longitudinal members define a frame and flexible connecting members permit the truss to collapse into a stowed configuration or expand into a deployed configuration.

主权项

1. A collapsible truss, comprising:
a plurality of frames are longitudinally positioned along a longitudinal length of the collapsible truss, wherein each of the plurality of frames is defined by a plurality of battens; a plurality of rigid longerons coupling adjacent frames, wherein adjacent frames and the connecting longerons between the adjacent frames define a cell; and and a plurality of flexible nodes flexibly coupling longerons on opposing sides of the flexible node.